Mahavrata, Mahāvrata, Maha-vrata: 15 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchMahāvrata (महाव्रत):—1. (ma + vrata) n.
1) eine grosse Pflicht, Grundpflicht [Yogasūtra 2, 31.] deren fünf bei den Jaina [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 317.] ein grosses Gelübde: na tveva dūṣayiṣyāmi śastragrahamahāvratam [Sāhityadarpana 69, 8.] —
2) eine grosse Begehung: tāvatparimāṇa [BHAVADEVABH.] mahāvrataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śaṃkarādyairanuṣṭhitam . kartavyaṃ surarājendra devībhaktisamanvitaiḥ .. [Devīpurāṇa] in [Tithyāditattva] paripūrṇaṃ kuruṣvedaṃ māghasnānaṃ mahāvratam [PADMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Malamāsatattva] [Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) Bez. eines Sāman oder Stotra, das am vorletzten Tage des Gavāmayana zu singen ist, daher auch Bez. dieses Tages selbst und seiner Cerimonie, welche z. B. [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 17. 18] und [BR. 31. 32] sowie [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 2, 20 - 3, 23] geschildert wird. [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 7, 6.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 14. 5, 28.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 2, 3, 4. 6, 1.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 3, 3, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 6, 3, 3. 9, 5, 2, 12. 10, 1, 1, 5. 2, 1. 5, 3. 12, 1, 2, 3. 3, 1, 9.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 5, 1, 1. 2, 1. 4, 10, 1. 20, 16, 2.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 7, 2, 10. 8, 13. 10, 2. 3. 4.] [MAŚAKA] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 72 (II, 10).] Die Comm. erklären öfters mahadukthyam durch mahāvratam und umgekehrt, womit das auf das Stotra folgende Śastra gemeint ist; z. B. zu [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 11, 8.] [ŚR. 16, 20, 10]; vgl. [Sāyaṇa] zu [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10, 1, 1, 1.] —
4) = pāśupatavrata die Regeln der Pāśupata Schol. zu [Prabodhacandrodaja 20, 11.] [WILSON im Daśakumāracarita 198, Nalopākhyāna 1.] — Vgl. māhāvrata .
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Mahāvrata (महाव्रत):—2. (wie eben) adj. (f. ā)
1) zur Erkl. von mahivrata [Yāska’s Nirukta 13, 17.] —
2) der grosse Pflichten —, ein grosses Gelübde übernommen hat [Sundopasundopākhyāna 1, 13] (su) . [Mahābhārata 3, 14131. 14455. 5, 7009] (wo tvādya mit der ed. Bomb. zu lesen ist). [7020. 7281] (wo vrataḥ mit der ed. Bomb. zu lesen ist, wie schon [BENFEY] vermuthet hat). [7, 57. 13, 2845.] [Harivaṃśa 10276.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 51, 25. 65, 4.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 24, 8.] —
3) die Regeln der Pāśupata befolgend, ein Pāśupata: veṣabhṛt [Kathāsaritsāgara 64, 67.]
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Mahāvrāta (महाव्रात):—[(ma + vrāta)] adj. von einer grossen Schaar begleitet: Indra [Ṛgveda 3, 30, 3.]
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Mahāvrata (महाव्रत):—1.
2) [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 13, 25.]
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Mahāvrata (महाव्रत):—1.
1) [Hemacandra] [Yogaśāstra 1, 25.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungMahāvrata (महाव्रत):—1. n. —
1) eine grosse Pflicht , Grundpflicht. Die Jaina nehmen deren fünf an. —
2) ein grosses Gelübde. —
3) eine grosse Begehung. —
4) Bez. eines Sāman ([Viṣṇusūtra 56,24]) oder Stotra , das am vorletzten Tage des Gavāmayana zu singen ist. Daher auch Bez. dieses Tages und seiner Ceremonien. Nach den Erklärern auch das auf das Stotra folgende Śastra. —
5) die Regeln der Pāśupata.
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Mahāvrata (महाव्रत):—2. Adj. (f. ā) —
1) als Erklärung von mahivrata. —
2) der grosse Pflichten — , ein grosses Gelübde übernommen hat. —
3) die Regeln der Pāśupata befolgend ; m. ein Pāśunata.
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Mahāvrāta (महाव्रात):—Adj. von einer grossen Schaar begleitet.
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Ends with: Pancamahavrata, Samahavrata, Sumahavrata.
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